South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh to resign from firm, enter rehab after wife and son shot dead
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The prominent South Carolina lawyer who was shot along a country road over the weekend, months after he found his wife and son murdered outside their home, is quitting his law firm and will enter rehab, his lawyer said.
In a statement, Murdaugh announced he was leaving his law firm and entering rehab following a "long battle that has been exacerbated these murders." "The murders of my wife and son have caused an incredibly difficult time in my life. I have made a lot of decisions that I truly regret. I’m resigning from my law firm and entering rehab after a long battle that has been exacerbated these murders," Murdaugh said in a statement released through his lawyer, Dick Harpootlian, WCSC-TV reported. "I am immensely sorry to everyone I’ve hurt including my family, friends and colleagues. I ask for prayers as I rehabilitate myself and my relationships."
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